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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am pregnant with #4 (my oldest just turned 5).  I don’t work anymore and we have a lot of help (nanny + part-time housekeeper, and I’ll have a night nurse for the first 12 or so weeks).  It’s not uncommon in my circle to have 3 or 4, but I definitely have gotten a few “whoa!” comments.  All of our children were planned, but I get a lot of assumptions that we couldn’t possibly want 4 under age 5.  We always set out to have a big family and I’d rather get the baby stage finished! Plus it’s so lovely to have them near in age. My oldest two are 17 months apart and they are very close. [/quote]

I can’t even tell you how many people freely and vocally assumed or asked if my third was an “accident” when I was pregnant just because I already had one boy and one girl and then looked at me like I had multiple heads when I told them the third was very much planned. It was very strange. And rude.[/quote]

Yes! I’ve posted about this before but my MIL cornered me just as soon as she could after I announced I was expecting #3 to ask with faux concern if “this was an accident.” She truly could not understand WHY we would purposely have another child when we had “one of each.” [/quote]

Are you poor?  Maybe she was worried she would have to help you financially.  My BIL has three and when #3 came along (planned!) he asked everyone in the family to “help” financially. True story. MIL paid their down payment  when they “outgrew” their apartment. [/quote]

No. Not poor. In fact, in a far better place than MIL was at equivalent age. We are/were financially independent.[/quote]

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